This Lancet Series aimed to bring together scholars and experts of economics, NCDs, and health policy in order to shed light on the important unknown factors that are impacted by NCD health policies and interventions, and in particular to examine how country and health systems interact with these NCD policies in terms of cost-effectiveness. The conference will also examine how NCD policies can effectively be integrated into the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as how these policies can be designed to fit into the health needs of the MENA population.